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• On the Openings tab, click the Add CutArt button.

CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to designs.

CutArts can be applied to your current design and resized and rotated. edited, such as resizing and rotating.

They can be Cut, Debossed, Penned or cut on Vinyl.

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See: Add CutArt Function

• On the Browse Content screen, select the desired CutArt and click the Select button.

CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to designs.

CutArts can be applied to your current design and resized and rotated. edited, such as resizing and rotating.

They can be Cut, Debossed, Penned or cut on Vinyl.

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See: Add CutArt Function

• Click on the Properties tab.

• Change the CutArt size to 2x2" or to the desired Size.

• Move the CutArt to the Upper Left Corner and Snap it to the two Guide Lines we placed earlier.

CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to designs.

CutArts can be applied to your current design and resized and rotated. edited, such as resizing and rotating.

They can be Cut, Debossed, Penned or cut on Vinyl.

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See: Add CutArt Function

A Guide is a visual Red line marker which helps can direct the motion or positioning of objects.

The sides and centers of Objectscan snap to the Guide Lines.can snap to the Guide Lines.

Click on the Ruler around the design and drag toward the center to place a Guide.

Select the Guide and click Properties to edit the position or drag it where desired.

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See: Guide Lines Properties

• Bring the design into Trace via the Right-Click Menu* or from the Cut Preview Screen.

  • *If you use the Right-Click method, hold down the CTRL key and select the Opening and the CutArt before selecting Convert to CutArt. 

CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to designs.

CutArts can be applied to your current design and resized and rotated. edited, such as resizing and rotating.

They can be Cut, Debossed, Penned or cut on Vinyl.

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See: Add CutArt Function

• We will create and use Reference Lines to Mirror our corner design.

• Click on the Line button on the Trace and Draw tab.

• Right-Click on the Center Point of the Top Outside Line.

• Right-Click on the Center Point of the Bottom Outside Line. The Vertical Reference Line is drawn.

• Right-Click on the Center Point of the Left Outside Line.

• Right-Click on the Center Point of the Right Outside Line. The Horizontal Reference Line is drawn.

• We could place Guide Lines again at the Center of the mat.

• Drawing them manually allows you to select the Center of the Opening, which might not be at the same position of the Center of the Mat, especially if the Opening has been moved.

A Guide is a visual Red line marker which helps can direct the motion or positioning of objects.

The sides and centers of Objectscan snap to the Guide Lines.can snap to the Guide Lines.

Click on the Ruler around the design and drag toward the center to place a Guide.

Select the Guide and click Properties to edit the position or drag it where desired.

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See: Guide Lines Properties

• Click Edit > Break all Intersections.

The Break Tool tool is used to Bisect the selected segments Selected Segments at the points point where they Intersect in the Trace software.

The Break All Intersections function bisect bisects ALL segments Segments in the design at the points where they intersect with another segment in the Trace software.

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See: Break All Intersections Function

• The Intersections are now broken where each element crossed over each other.

• Hold down the CTRL key and click on each of the unwanted Lines in the Upper Left-Hand section, highlighted in Red.

• Click the Delete button.

The Line tool in Trace will draw a Two-Point Line. 

The Line is defined by two points: the Initial Position (called an Anchor) and the Terminating Position (which are called “anchors”called an Anchor).

After it is drawn, a third point in the Center is will be displayed, which can be moved to alter the Line line into an Arc.

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See: Line Tool Function

• The unwanted Lines are deleted.

The Line tool in Trace will draw a Two-Point Line. 

The Line is defined by two points: the Initial Position Initial Position (called an Anchor) and the Terminating Position (which are called “anchors”called an Anchor).

After it is drawn, a third point in the Center is will be displayed, which can be moved to alter the Line line into an Arc.

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See: Line Tool Function

• Zoom Out if necessary, and hold down the CTRL key and click each of the Lines that make up the original rectangle.

  • Take care not to select any of the Reference Lines.

• Hit the Delete button.

The Line tool in Trace will draw a Two-Point Line. 

The Line is defined by two points: the Initial Position (called an Anchor) and the Terminating Position (which are called “anchors”called an Anchor).

After it is drawn, a third point in the Center is will be displayed, which can be moved to alter the Line line into an Arc.

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See: Line Tool Function

• The unwanted Lines are deleted.

The Line tool in Trace will draw a Two-Point Line. 

The Line is defined by two points: the Initial Position (called an Anchor) and the Terminating Position (which are called “anchors”called an Anchor).

After it is drawn, a third point in the Center is will be displayed, which can be moved to alter the Line line into an Arc.

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See: Line Tool Function

• Hold down the CTRL key and click on the Interior and Exterior of our new Corner to select them.

• Click on the Mirror button.

• Now we will draw the line that we will Mirror the selected objects along. 

• Right-click on the Top of the Vertical Line.

• Move the cursor and Right-click on the Bottom of the Vertical Line. 

The Mirror function will create a mirror Mirror copy of the selected object along a the selected axis in Trace andDesignerand mirror the image horizontally in Visualize.

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See: Mirror in Trace Function

See: Mirror CutArt in Designer

See: Mirror Image in Visualization

The Line tool in Trace will draw a Two-Point Line. 

The Line is defined by two points: the Initial Position (called an Anchor) and the Terminating Position (which are called “anchors”called an Anchor).

After it is drawn, a third point in the Center is will be displayed, which can be moved to alter the Line line into an Arc.

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See: Line Tool Function

• Click the Dynamic Outsides button if you don't see all of the design.

• The corner will be Mirrored Horizontally. 

The Dynamic Outsides feature adds the Border Size to the Bounding Rectangle of the current Group current Group of Openings, adjusting the Outside Size as necessary in Designer and Visualize.Size as necessary in Designer and Visualize.

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See: Dynamic Outsides Function in Designer

See: Dynamic Outsides Function in Trace

The Mirror function will create a mirror Mirror copy of the selected object along a the selected axis in Trace andDesignerand mirror the image horizontally in Visualize.

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See: Mirror in Trace Function

See: Mirror CutArt in Designer

See: Mirror Image in Visualization

• Now we’ll Mirror it Vertically.

• Hold down the CTRL key and click on the Interior and Exterior of both of the Upper Corners to select them.

• Click on the Mirror button.

• Now we will draw the Line that we will Mirror the selected objects along.

• Right-click on the Left of the Horizontal Line.

• Move the cursor and Right-Click on the Right of the Horizontal Line. 

The Mirror function will create a mirror Mirror copy of the selected object along a selected axis in Trace and Visualize.along the selected axis in Trace andDesignerand mirror the image horizontally in Visualize.

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See: Mirror in Trace Function

See: Mirror CutArt in Designer

See: Mirror Image in Visualization

• The corners will be Mirrored Vertically. 

• We didn't make any changes to the CutArt itself that would require us to retangify the Arcs (such as moving a point), so there is no need to Tangify it or Convert Arcs to Splines.

refers to the angle at which the blade cuts the surface of the matboard when it deviates from the 90° right angle cut.

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• You can achieve a completely different look by Tracing the same design differently.

• layer of matboard you want to trace. 

• Trace the V-Groove layer as the Top Layer opening.

• Trace the original opening layer as the Bottom Layer.

• Now the optional Stained Glass design is completed as a two layer mat with fancy corners.

• Save the CutArt.

• Load the CutArt.

• Cut the CutArt.

CutArt™ are simple shapes and design elements created by Wizard that can be added to designs.

CutArts can be applied to your current design and resized and rotated. edited, such as resizing and rotating.

They can be Cut, Debossed, Penned or cut on Vinyl.

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See: Add CutArt Function

Tracing the Design provides the Bevel Type and other necessary information to the Vector design in order to either Cut or apply with a Non-Blade Tool on the CMC.

The Set Bevels Tab in Trace contains the tools needed to Trace the design.

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See: Tracing the Design